Operating systems: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 48620000·Services · class·in Software Packages & ERP
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 8 lots from 8 competitions, last 36 months. All 8 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 11 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
48620000 Operating systems32 notices · 51%48627000 Real-time operating system software package25 notices · 40%48625000 Open systems operating systems6 notices · 10%48628000 Micro-channel architecture4 notices · 6%48626000 Clustering software package2 notices · 3%48621000 Mainframe operating system software package1 notices · 2%48622000 Minicomputer operating system software package1 notices · 2%- Industry specific software package 264 · 12m
- Communication software package 153 · 12m
- Financial analysis and accounting software package 151 · 12m
- Information systems 136 · 12m
- Time accounting or human resources software package 123 · 12m
- Networking software package 119 · 12m
- Database systems 97 · 12m
- Educational software package 77 · 12m
- Medical software package 72 · 12m
- Document creation software package 70 · 12m
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Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government31%(18 notices)
18 of 58 notices are Central government (31%).Other public bodies21%(12 notices)
12 of 58 notices are Other public bodies (21%).Police, fire & emergency12%(7 notices)
7 of 58 notices are Police, fire & emergency (12%).Local authorities9%(5 notices)
5 of 58 notices are Local authorities (9%).NHS & health7%(4 notices)
4 of 58 notices are NHS & health (7%).Not classified21%(12 notices)
12 of 58 notices are Not classified (21%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Thames Valley Police | Police, fire & emergency | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service | Central government | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hafod Housing Association | Housing associations | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITED | Central government | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tai Tarian Ltd | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport for London | Other public bodies | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport for Wales | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| UK Atomic Energy Authority | Central government | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority | not classified | 2 | 0 | 0 |
50 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 37 of 63 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Greater London | — | — | — | |
| South East England | — | — | — | |
| North West England | — | — | — | |
| North East England | — | — | — | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — | |
| West Midlands | — | — | — | |
| East of England | — | — | — | |
| East Midlands | — | — | — | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | — | — | |
| South West England | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract78%(49 notices)
49 of 63 notices are Contract (78%).Framework21%(13 notices)
13 of 63 notices are Framework (21%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(1 notices)
1 of 63 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open37%(23 notices)
23 of 63 notices are Open (37%).Route not published32%(20 notices)
20 of 63 notices are Route not published (32%).Selective25%(16 notices)
16 of 63 notices are Selective (25%).Limited / restricted5%(3 notices)
3 of 63 notices are Limited / restricted (5%).Direct award2%(1 notices)
1 of 63 notices are Direct award (2%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold100%(7 notices)
7 of 7 notices are Above threshold (100%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (20) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 8 lots from 8 competitions, last 36 months. All 8 lots are from older notices, which count bids received.
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
12 of 14 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 6 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
17 SME bids out of 25, on 7 lots where the buyer published the split.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
0 of 20 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 8 lots from 5 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 83 awards to 51 suppliers
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Access UK Ltd | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| AWS EMEA SARL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fordway Solutions Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Frontier Technology Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Google Commerce Ltd. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Microsoft Ltd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 15 of 63 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in operating systems
1 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Digital Preservation Systems DPS | Jisc | 19 Feb 2029 | 866d | £10,000,000 ceiling |
Method
What the numbers on this page are and are not
Which notices count?
Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 4862. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 2 Oct 2026.
Competition figures
Lot-grain contest statistics over the last 36 months: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 4862; contracts and frameworks / DPS are kept apart. Each figure’s own method — grain, window, exclusions and this page’s sample — is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
Why no total value or month-by-month chart?
Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.